2026-10-21 23:40 UTC
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@crank0271@lemmy.world 2026-10-22 00:28
6…7 you say?
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@LoremIpsumGenerator@lemmy.world 2026-10-22 02:14
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@Obviouslywrong@lemmy.world 2026-10-22 02:40
The problem is that they have too much debt and they can’t just ignore it anymore. They can complain but they have to cut spending somewhere or increase revenue. Now they can raise the retirement age for everyone. Or they can take the money from the billionaires. But that still doesn’t get you closer to lowering the deficit which is very high well over 100 percent of GDP. That means the protests are really just complaining that France doesn’t have enough money but you can’t keep the spending going as is without a lot of drastic cuts. All you can do is cuts now or kick the can down the road and hope something changes. Or just default on the debt and say fuck it.
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@Zerush@lemmy.ml 2026-10-22 03:55
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@Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 2026-10-22 04:01
6 7
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@CyroSignal@lemmy.world 2026-10-22 10:40
They were rioters…
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@trolleyfuckergirl@lemmy.world 2026-10-23 02:49
The French are amazing at riots. Meanwhile, the U.S. government is continuously raising the retirement age for full benefits, and nobody is doing shit about it. Remember the American Revolution, fighting against a tyrannical government? Yeah, we should pull another one of those.
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@Adniem@thelemmy.club 2026-10-23 13:25
but what if the french get derailed and they get napoleon 3.0 (just joking please dont take that seriously)